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GalahadPC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 04/08/2006 : 11:12:02 PM
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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62899
A link from VGCats led me to this interview with Uwe Boll from Eurogamer.net. Apparently he has some words about those criticize him, and no, he doesn't promise to make better movies.
One of my favorite parts:
"Yes, Boll has seen Doom, and he's rather ambivalent about it - 'I liked the movie a little, it wasn't a really bad movie, but it was not really good.'"
"Would he have done it any differently, then? 'I don't know if I would definitely make the movie very differently, because I think that Doom remembered me in a lot of the camera angles, what the creatures were doing and so on... I think the guy who made Doom definitely saw Alone in the Dark.'"
I wonder if something would click if he stopped and thought about what he just said here? |
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TheFoywonder
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
833 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2006 : 11:55:55 PM
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He made that same DOOM comment in my interview with him this past January.
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"People say BloodRayne has a very bad IMDB rating - yes, but how many votes of zero points were made before the movie was out, by people who hate me but haven't even seen the movie?
Honestly, you do have to give him that one, especially in the case of IMDB where movies suddenly get hideously bad ratings without ever actually being seen by people.
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"I've met tons of people who think BloodRayne is way better than Underworld 2, but they're not going on the Internet and writing that...
This guy really has a problem with standards. He says stuff like my movie was better than UNDERWORLD 2, VAN HELSING, etc. Perhaps he needs to start making films that can be compared with, oh, I don't know, good films?
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I'm a little tired of only getting questions from journalists like, 'Your movies were so badly received, blah blah blah.' I know tons of movies that were way worse than Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead."
I'd respect him there more if he'd actually come right out and name some of those films.
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And besides, says Boll, what exactly is it that we are expecting from him? After all, he is using videogames as his source material, and they're hardly reknowned for their complex characterisations and sophisticated narratives.
"Let's be realistic, what is House of the Dead? House of the Dead is a brainless shooter, where you shoot zombies into pieces. So what are you expecting from the movie, Schindler's List?
So the logic here is that one should not expect a halfway decent movie from his because the source material is crap to begin with? Now that's some circular logic.
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"I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie, because it really shows how the game is. It's a lot of fun, it's over-the-top action - it's not 28 Days Later, because the reality is that House of the Dead is about how it's a lot of fun to shoot zombies... It's cheesy entertainment with a lot of gore and a lot of violence, and it's super-fast."
Would a perfect HOUSE OF THE DEAD movie actually have been set entirely in a house and actualy bothered to follow the storyline of the game?
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"When I try to get videogames turned into movies, and get videogames accepted as [the equivalent of] best-selling books for the younger generation, I get only sh** from the videogames press - what an asshole I am, what a criminal I am for doing these movies, whatever, instead of being happy that there's a movie getting made of a game. This is what's confusing me."
Hmmm... let's see... Your HOUSE OF THE DEAD movie essentially ignored what little storyline the game had, your ALONE IN THE DARK movie had next to nothing in common with not only the game's storylines but also the basic mechanics (It wasn't a kung fu shoot'em up, Dr. Boll!) as to how the game played out, and BLOODRAYNE took what should have been a no brainer and destroyed it turning it into a bland prequel. Hmmm... I wonder why the gamers are so unhappy?
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"This is the main point - if the movie is really, really bad, why are a hundred territories buying it?"
Between international sales and the DVD market, it really is rather hard to not make money with a film of reasonably low budget.
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Boll believes it's because he's too willing to discuss his movies, and too honest in his responses. "I think I'm very open, and I talk with everybody and give interviews to everybody. Over the last few years I've realised that it's not helping me that I'm open, and ready to discuss and to learn. Saying that I learned from my mistakes is maybe the biggest mistake I made."
Everytime Uwe Boll opens his mouth Jesus slaps his forehead.
Is he for real? They're mad at me for being too honest? He talked trash about how great HOUSE OF THE DEAD was going to be and then after history played its course he turned around and went on obscenity filled rants on the internet. It wasn't until he started doing interviews where he was more honest and personable that some people, myself included, started cutting him some slack. Forget talentless, try delusional.
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Asta Kask
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Sweden
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 08:28:01 AM
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Originally posted by TheFoywonder
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I'm a little tired of only getting questions from journalists like, 'Your movies were so badly received, blah blah blah.' I know tons of movies that were way worse than Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead."
I'd respect him there more if he'd actually come right out and name some of those films.
Plan 9 from outer space.
Bride of the atom
Beast of Yucca Flats
The Creeping Terror
The Great Gila Monster
From Hell It Came
Basic Instinct 2
The Apple
any Billy Jack movie
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It's easy, really. You just have to know where to pick them.
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Freschel
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 08:42:14 AM
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There are several reasons why i hate Doom The Movie.
1) No demons
2) Improper use of the BFG 3000. Watch out Rock, that wall's coming after you!
3) No demons
4) No double barreled shot gun
5) I never got to know what happened between the Reaper and his sister several years ago. All I heard was a voice over about something bad happend.
6) Did I mentioned no demons?
7) It ended with wi fu crap fest.
8) The Rock never transform into some kind of evil looking demon. I was hoping that he'll turn into a hellknight or a cyberdemon.
9) Nobody got telefragged.
10) and most important of all THERE'S NO MOTHEREFFING DEMONS IN THE MOTHEREFFING MOVIE!
Yes I am bitter. Sorry for the rant. Yes, I expect it to be bad, but not that bad. Not the guilty pleasure bad. Well at least they got a half pinky on a wheelchair.
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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
262 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2006 : 11:17:01 AM
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"When I try to get videogames turned into movies, and get videogames accepted as [the equivalent of] best-selling books for the younger generation, I get only sh** from the videogames press - what an asshole I am, what a criminal I am for doing these movies, whatever, instead of being happy that there's a movie getting made of a game. This is what's confusing me."
Hey, bowl, old boy. There's a lot more to it than that.
1) Ever go over to a friends house and he suggests you play some video games and he hogs it the whole time and you basically just watch him play. Yeah. At the idea stage, this is what your movies are like.
2) You seem to have a knack for buying a property and then doing stuff with it that makes it completely unlike the property you just bought. Changing plot or whatever. What the heck is the matter with you? You're like the guy who'd written a Spider-Man script were sSpider-Man was a mutant half-man half-spider kind of thing instead of the super hero with the red and blue costume. Why buy a recognizable name when your product in no way resembles the recognizable name.
3) Basing your movies of popular entertainment (bestsellers, video games, etc) is no excuse, repeat NO FRIGGING EXCUSE for poor craftsmanship in your filmmaking. If you make a bad movie, do you know where the fault lies? Not in the source material. If you'd based a movie on a hit song, that song would still be good. Only your movie is crap.
So, stop making crap movies and then people will stop saying your movies are crap.
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Matrixprime
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 12:18:20 PM
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OK, finally a column I can participate in:
First, I saw HotD. My friend thought he had free tickets (they didnt count) so we saw it on opening night. My whole opinion was summed up in two statements:
-It was so bad it wrapped around the universe and was good (in a bad way)
-Everyone who enjoys cinema or video games MUST see this once. I will buy it eventually, and force all friends to see it.
He failed miserably with HotD, but then again articles I have read indicate that SEGA was going behind his back at every opportunity to alter the script so that it was a comedy, and his response (as he had editing control) was to excise the humor bits with the idea of filming replacements at the last minute. Time ran out, and he spliced what he could. I believe most was his fault, but I have no trouble believing that scenario (look at movies like Army of Darkness, or recent films like Boogieman, where it was a pyschological film, but the studio forced the director to make it a real monster and use CGI).
Next, I saw AitD. I never played the games, but I found the movie fairly decent. It had some intriguing ideas, the SFX weren't TOO bad. More than anything else, it was a massive improvement from HotD. Not a great movie, but not horrible either. Plus, I had to admit that my biggest gripe (Tara Reid has a brain) really didn't come into play much. Instead her boss insults her, and I got the impression no one thought much of her skills.
**Disclaimer - my brothers say my taste is invalid because I'm an idea man. I like ideas and concepts, so I'm pretty forgiving on movies if there's some good stuff in there. Its why I have so many RPG and fiction books, and have been catching up on anime.
I also sympathise with his quoted comment that the movies are slammed because its him. Look at Paul W.S. Anderson. I've enjoyed Soldier, AVP, Event Horizon, Resident Evil 1, and MK 1. They weren't PHENOMENAL movies, but they were entertaining, with the word solid a good description of acting, SFX, etc. I own them all. But Fanboyz hate him so much, his films get slammed as soon as his name is mentioned, especially by that obese blockhead at Aint it Cool News. Boll has the same problem. No matter how good his film is, it will never be good enough. AitD wasn't great, but I didn't hate the time I wasted watching it, but from reviews I read before release I was expecting a far worse film.
I haven't seen Bloodrayne, but I'll wait for DVD to compare it to the first two.
As for how he gets named talent; Germany has huge loopholes in the tax system that allows people to write off insane amounts of money if they fund a film. So many people gamble in Germany by funding films well beyond what they'd get otherwise, and either recoup in sales or in write off. The loopholes were recently closed, but I'd imagine that's how Boll can afford the people he does.
As for why he takes a franchise and goes off on a tangent; from an interview I read with him (perhaps one of Foys?) he indicated that since in a game, the fans know the story, he wants to take the property and bring it in new directions. Basically, the dude is getting money to publish his fan fiction. It isn't a bad idea, but one he has yet to implement successfully.
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 1:05:41 PM
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I think HotD is a warped masterpiece, a Plan Nine for our generation. AitD could have been even better, but it was fatally marred by a thin veneer of competence bestowed upon it by a semi-professional crew. Uwe is a filmmaker who's work suffers when his craft improves, even marginally and due to forces beyond his control.
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Edited by - Sardu on 04/09/2006 1:06:39 PM |
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Prankster
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 10:56:37 PM
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Like many an obnoxious twit, Boll confuses his constant, misguided badmouthing of other, terrible-but-still-better-than-his films as "being too open", "daring to speak the truth", "being too real for the room", etc.
I'd like to appreciate him as kitsch, a la Ed Wood, but he's come off as a jerk from the first time I read one of his interviews. People often try and defend him, but I don't think he's worth it. I mean, he literally started, right from the beginning of his career, laying into people to get attention. I'll see if I can find a link to the earlier interviews...I think one of them was with UGO.
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CDiehl
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 09:55:24 AM
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"Let's be realistic, what is House of the Dead? House of the Dead is a brainless shooter, where you shoot zombies into pieces. So what are you expecting from the movie, Schindler's List?
He doesn't get that a video game is about how much fun it is for the player to do whatever the game is about, and that a movie is about how much fun it is to watch someone else do those things. They're two very different things. Also, no, we weren't expecting Schindler's List, pal. We were expecting a competently made movie that doesn't make us feel like we wasted our money, which we could have spent playing the actual game. You do realize that there's a lot of ground between Schindler's List and your movies, and it's not an either-or proposition. By the way, just because you base a movie on what you call a "brainless shooter" doesn't get you out of responsibility for making an interesting or fun movie. If that quote is typical of your opinion of the source material for your movies, why don't you find something you do like and base a movie on that, or better yet, get off your lazy ass and find an original script to shoot.
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"When I try to get videogames turned into movies, and get videogames accepted as [the equivalent of] best-selling books for the younger generation, I get only sh** from the videogames press - what an asshole I am, what a criminal I am for doing these movies, whatever, instead of being happy that there's a movie getting made of a game. This is what's confusing me."
First of all, why do you give yourself the sole credit for making video games acceptable source material for movies? There were movies based on video games before you started, so drop that pretension right now. Second, do you honestly think video game players and the people who right for the magazines give a damn if a movie is made of their favorite games or not? They don't need a movie made of the game because they can actually play the game for themselves. There are probably a lot of video games that would make good movies, but they don't have to be made into movies because they are already games. People can play and have the experience of being the hero instead of watching someone else do it. Get it?
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